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Title: The Wheel of Life

Author: Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

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Language: English

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THE WHEEL OF LIFE

by

ELLEN GLASGOW

New York
Doubleday, Page & Company

1906

By the Same Author

THE DELIVERANCE
THE BATTLE-GROUND
THE FREEMAN, AND OTHER POEMS
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
PHASES OF AN INFERIOR PLANET
THE DESCENDANT

CONTENTS

PART I. Impulse

CHAPTER
I. In Which the Romantic Hero is Conspicuous by His Absence
II. Treats of an Eccentric Family
III. Apologises for an Old-fashioned Atmosphere
IV. Ushers in the Modern Spirit
V. In Which a Young Man Dreams Dreams
VI. Shows That Mr. Worldly-Wise-Man May Belong to Either Sex
VII. The Irresistible Force
VIII. Proves That a Poor Lover May Make an Excellent Friend
IX. Of Masques and Mummeries
X. Shows the Hero to Be Lacking in Heroic Qualities
XI. In Which a Lie Is the Better Part of Truth

PART II. Illusion

I. Of Pleasure as the Chief End of Man
II. An Advance and a Retreat
III. The Moth and the Flame
IV. Treats of the Attraction of Opposites
V. Shows the Dangers as Well as the Pleasures of the Chase
VI. The Finer Vision
VII. In Which Failure Is Crowned By Failure
VIII. "The Small Old Path"
IX. The Triumph of the Ego
X. In Which Adams Comes Into His Inheritance
XI. On the Wings of Life

PART III. Disenchantment

I. A Disconsolate Lover and a Pair of Blue Eyes
II. The Deification of Clay
III. The Greatest of These
IV. Adams Watches in the Night and Sees the Dawn
V. Treats of the Poverty of Riches
VI. The Feet of the God
VII. In Which Kemper Is Puzzled
VIII. Shows That Love Without Wisdom Is Folly
IX. Of the Fear in Love
X. The End of the Path

PART IV. Reconciliation

I. The Secret Chambers
II. In Which Laura